Mail-bag-delivery apparatus.



' W. H. VAN FOSSEN. MAIL BAG DELIVERY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1908.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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W. H. VAN FOSSEN.

MAIL BAG DELIVERY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1908.

91 6,923., Patented Mar. 30, L909.

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t and reliable in its operation UN ti'i ztf liiii i WILLIAM H. VA

' OF EUREKA, iLLlNUlS.

No. 916,902. Speeifieetion oft Lotti-21..

Application filed January 20, 1908.

To all whom it they concern: f hat ive and 9 arranged at op- Y r i v i r 1 Be it known that l, ll. VAN l'ossnn, a pos MS their. the onlle 1 being tocitizon oi the United States I(.Sl(llll at t th 1113M tee oi the shalt 3.

it carried by this a bar or hollow block 10 aed aoeituies as ll .d iongitinlinally at iloci-z i0 is attacl'ied Eureka, in the count ol' \foodt'ord and f hag cu State oi Illinois, have invented ce tain J'EC and useful linprove 'nehis in. Hz'nl-l iag llw livery Apparatus; and l do declare the i'ollowing; to be a full, clear, and exact de-;eri tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper- 3 tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates .to an i mph-Wed mail bag delivery apparatus es 'ieciallv adapted .l'or use on fast trains.

The-object of the invention is to provide a mail bag deliver-er which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and easy one side there-oi. 1 i to one end of the eahl i the pulleys 8 and S on t l e arm and se having square en s ltito rec Whirl: is I l r yted to wind andnninsing and lowering the A cieineiit l7 preferal'il chain is secured at its oppol" e end oi said block 10 and it? seem. ed thereto which and Another object is to provide an apparatus of this characte which operates autoi'iia'bi nd into the hollow .bloeli icelly to release the bag on its being r-m'ung i nhy inc: of a wedge; outward at right angles totlieear. E passes throogh one ofv In the accon'ipanying' drawin 'i l h c 71: l look and-til. ough one represents side elevation of a portioo of a i h; 15; whieh are arcar equipped With this iinpiovewl (ltlivery i tures in the apparatus which is shown in position rea to one end of to receive the bag, and taken from within the l t 520 which secured at its ear. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the deother arm of the U-shiaped morn liverer shown in position read to be vungr T voted to F-lVt'lI'l'Z lat rally on 'bed.

edby a bar 21 \z'er end of the "the on ter end out. Fig. 3 shows a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. t is a view showing the arm swung out Y qJ)6ISpGCtlVQ View of the bag on her detached.

in the embodiment illustrated, two bearing/or socket members 1 and 2 are shown adapted to be secured to the top and floor of the car respectively at the inside thereof about six inches more or less from the door. 1 A rotatable upright or shaft 3 is mounted in these sockets and has its upper reduced end made longer than the lower end to provide 1 iniil a r menu Wtends an .nd 1* the shaft 3 end le in the guide 12 prevent said block from device strung outward. is apparatus the operator r .ble from. the drum l4 1 snot-5n in Fig. 2. The mail for the lifting out of the said shaft from id then I eed on the flexible sockets to transfer it from one side of the ear element no tightly th. door to the other. F1X6 l to this shaft is it around an the is it \Jted within coupling member 4- in which is pivotaily ii hollow blocl' d the wedge shaped mounted to swing laterallyanan iroxiniately it d b. one of the aper U-shaped member 5 for a pur to be degtures in the notch in tho scribed. A handle member 6 is pivoted to bar 1%, the szud shalt 3 and adapted to be used in swinghereby sccurei held in posit;

ing or turning the shaft to swin. the delivery or position. at right apparatus outside the car door and to return an E lid shat. is rotated rm 7 outward at right angles 1 his sivmgmg of the shattit to normal position when desired.

Fixed atone end to the shaft 3 and ex- 1 to the car do tending at rig t angles therefrom is an arm 7 i 2 causes the i which passes over cured at its other end to a ratchet drum 14' eive a handle 1 on either ofsard,

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1: end of the arm of the LL man" thereof connected with the flexible element an arm extending laterally therefrom, bag

to engage said bar and block and hold them shaped member 5 to strike against tl'ie'jamb of t e car door which ,swings the other arm 20 inward and withdraws the key 19 from the block 10 whereby the weight'of the mailcauses the bar 18 to be immediately released from said block lOand the mail dro pad on to the platform of the station. The Eandle 6 is then turned to swing the apparatus within the car ready for the next operation.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a mail bag delivery apparatus, the combination of a revoluble upright having engaglng means carried by said arm, means for locking said bag engaging means and means operable on the outward turning of said upright to release said bag locking means.

2. In a mail bag delivery apparatus, the combination of a revoluble" upright having an arm extending laterally therefrom, bag engaging means carried by said arm, means for locking said bag engaging means, an approximately U -shaped member pivotal y mounted on said upright to swing laterally and having one arm thereof connected with a locking means for said bag engaging means and with its other arm adapted to en age a stationary member to release the loc ing means for the bag engaging means.

3. In a mail delivery apparatus, the com bination of arevoluble upright having an arm extendin laterally therefrom and provided with s ive pulleys, a ratchet drum secured to said upright, a cable'connected at one end to said drum. and passing over said pulleys, a hollow block carried by saidcable and having apertures extending transversely therethrough, a flexible element connected at one end to said block and a bar connected I with said element slidable within said block I and having recesses adapted toregister with the apertures in said b ock, a key adapted in connected position and means operable by the outward swinging of said laterally extending arm todisengage said key and,

release the bar from-the block.

4. In a mail delivery apparatus, the combination of a revoluble upright having an arm extending laterally from the upper end thereof, a brace bar connected at one end ried by said laterally extending arm and havin apertures extending transversely theret rough, a bag engaging element mounted on said block and having a notched bar adapted for insertion within said block, a guide carried by said block adapted to be engaged by the free end of said pivoted arm to prevent turning of the block and means for locking the member carried by the flexible element within said hollow block said means being operable on theoutward-swin ing of the lateral arm to release said flexib e element from the block.

5. In a mail bag deliverer, means for suspending a bag from a crane, and means whereby said bag is automatically released when the crane has been swung outward to its fullest extent.

6. A mail bag deliverer, comprising a pivoted crane, means connected to said crane for suspending a mail bag, and means for automatically releasing the mail bag from the suspension whenthe crane has been swung outward to its fullest extent.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

WILLIAM H. VAN FOSSEN l Witnesses:

D. G. PUTERBAUGH, ED E. RoB soN. 

